Teen Lexi Thompson to become LPGA member

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Alexis "Lexi" Thompson from the United States competes on September 16, 2016 during the Golf Evian Championship in the French Alps town of Evian-les-Bains, a major tournament on the women's calendar. (AFP Photo/PHILIPPE DESMAZES)

Teenage prodigy Alexis Thompson will compete full-time on the LPGA Tour next year after her petition for membership was approved by the LPGA on Sept. 30.